Our actions to

REDUCE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

Our environmental footprint relates to our material sustainability topics; emissions to land and water, land use and biodiversity loss, water use and chemicals.

This is how we work to provide sustainable products and transparency around content.

We have for a long time addressed this challenge by growing the share of sales from products with third-party sustainability certification. Buying sustainability certified raw materials is a good way to ensure that the cultivation and production is environmentally friendly and that employees are treated fairly and receive fair pay. We also continuously collect information on how the brand owners in our product portfolio are meeting their sustainability challenges, in order to identify and communicate about the product categories whose sustainability work is not covered by a third-party verified sustainability standard. Read more about this in our Sustainability Report

Arvid Nordquist Coffee

  • We only source third-party verified sustainability certified coffee from the Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade and a small part 4C certification. Read more about it here.
  • Our purchasing policy includes requirements to adopt regenerative farming methods, sustainable water use and reduced use of chemicals. The implementation of these requirements is verified by third-party audits. Read more about it here.
  • We are continuously working to increase our share of organically grown coffee.

Arvid Nordquist Food & Confectionery, Wine & Beer and Non-Food

  • We work for an increasing share of third-party verified sustainability-certified portfolios within all product areas.
  • We map and follow the work of our brand owners and producers with their respective significant sustainability challenges to ensure development.
  • We work to ensure that the products in our portfolio are produced in facilities with an internationally recognized environmental management system.
  • We aim for all palm oil to be certified and traceable.